Salvation Army provides new home for refugees in Italy through government partnership
A new residential facility providing permanent accommodation for up to 14 refugees opened in Rome this month for those who had previously lived in The Salvation Army’s social services center there. The program, a community-based partnership led by The Salvation
‘Displaced’ Salvation Army film explores life for refugees, asylum seekers, migrants
A new film, co-produced by The Salvation Army Brazil Territory, International Emergency Services and the International Headquarters Communications team has been released online. Displaced is a 50-minute documentary filmed on location in Roraima, Santa Catarina and São Paulo states in
El Cajon Corps assists Middle Eastern refugees
About 60 percent of people served are Middle Eastern refugees. By Jared McKiernan - Atheer Butrus knew he wasn’t safe. He was living in Baghdad working for an American company providing grants to small business owners, when he noticed the environment around him
Refugee Day: UK pledges to help with more resettlements
The Salvation Army welcomed the U.K.'s vow today to resettle even more refugees after its current Syria-focused program expires next year. The Home Office said that the U.K. would welcome between 5,000–6,000 refugees from 2020–2021. Resettlement involves the relocating a
ISJC Global Interactive Summit on Refugees and Displaced Peoples convenes online
Inaugural summit addresses ‘one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our age’ Millions of people are moving around the world each year. Nearly a third of them have been forced to do so, according to the most recent UN Refugee Agency
Reaching refugees
Over 65 million people in the world today have been forcibly removed from their home, seeking refuge from conflicts, violence, human right violations, persecution or natural disasters. An estimated 12.4 million people were newly displaced in 2015 alone, according to
The Salvation Army in France assisting ‘hundreds of migrants’
French authorities turned to The Salvation Army to provide assistance to refugees as thousands of people are now being resettled across France after being removed from the infamous “Jungle” camp in Calais. The Salvation Army is providing accommodation to hundreds of
#Refugees welcome | responding to fear and guilt with faith and hope
If you are like me, you are listening and watching the reports of the world’s worst refugee crisis with a mixture of emotions. Mostly, it’s a mixture of fear and guilt. I’m afraid of what it all means. The displacement of
Without a flag of their own
Are you watching the Olympics this summer? As athletes from around the world prepare to kick off the games with the opening ceremony Aug. 5, this year has an interesting twist. One team doesn’t have a flag. Rami Anis is a Syrian
Salvation Army backs Team Refugees
Team to compete under Olympic flag As the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, are set to open this week, The Salvation Army announced its support of Team Refugees—individuals from Africa and the Middle East who will be competing in 2016 under
Sign on #WithRefugees
General André Cox calls on Salvationists to petition governments for refugees. To mark today—World Refugee Day—General André Cox encouraged Salvationists around the world to sign the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) petition, #WithRefugees. The petition calls on governments to:
Australian Salvation Army supports families seeking asylum
The Salvation Army calls on Australian government to change course on the deportation of refugees. The Australian Salvation Army affirmed its strong support of other Christian churches in the country who are collectively calling upon the Australian government to find a